Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Good morning everyone! Another very much colder than norm morning at 21 and only 57 in the house! I set the auto cut on way too low. whoever set the one for outside must have had one eggnog too many -- this is not fun. Says will hit 40 late day. I'm glad I got all water tubs refilled late yesterday....makes it easier to break ice and haul less hot water. Another slow day, need to thaw out after feeding.

Just for a lift to my day --- yesterday was 10th yr anniversary of our last bad snowfall. It was 14" and drifts over 2 foot. A virtual shutdown. Glad for no repeats!! It did make the bitter cold and only a hard frost more bearable.

 

[Baymule]

@Niele da Kine I'll try the BOSS!

 

[promiseacres]

32° but very breezy.
Didn't work on plaster but worked on our garage here, now our garden tractor is in there so dh can work on it. We also got the rest of the wood from the farm and brought home the splitter.
No school this week, the horses will get their hooves trimmed and dewormer today. May go out to the farm and work on the plaster. We'll see though need groceries.

 

[Mini Horses]

Only got down to 39 last night. no ice busting today. . Plus going to low 50s.

It'll seem like summer....even winds are gone.

Have a little work this week, couple half days....and two dental appts. Using those insurance benefits I pay for...ordered new glasses last week and did all kinds of shopping for the OTC I could possibly think I would need! For years?? . I'm a pharmacy now.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. Dogs. Barked. All. Night. I went out at 7 last night and coyotes were very close. Too close for comfort, so I put Sentry in the sheep lot, Trip in the front pasture next to the sheep, Paris runs the side pasture that goes up to the sheep lot and Carson ran the yard. Sheba is in the trailer, she is in heat. Trip must have felt the pressure from the coyotes, he never jumped out. Pasture #1 is where he jumps in and out. If danger threatens, he runs up the driveway and jumps the fence. When he is satisfied, he jumps the gate. Coyotes have been very active the past few weeks. Glad that we have our dogs! But it sure is hard on sleep sometimes.

Got a bolt in one of the truck tires, going to air it up and take truck to get tire fixed.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
Horses all got their hooves trimmed, only DH'S was naughty.... that horse drives me batty. I separated him and his pal, Chase. Caught Chase, then went back to catch Duke. But he wasn't in the mood. Proceeded to run and kick and act dumb, Ended up in the fence. Finally caught him and put him in the round pen to work his butt while kids handled the other horses. He chilled finally but I left him there to wait his turn. And 5 minutes later he was acting stupid again.... he's just a bit buddy sour. Everyone got dewormed too. John gave Daisy hers. It's nice the kids are able to help a bit. And I put the hoof armor on Richie, that seems to be helping a lot.
Anyways went in to warm up and forgot to fix the fence until chores...which were done in the dark. DH had to fix a tensioner. Plus the kids dropped a bottle and broke of ACV in our breezeway.... so that had to be cleaned up. Needless to say was an interesting evening.
Oh and our farrier gave us gift certificates for riding lessons at a local barn. we gave her Christmas goodies. Best present!!!

 

[messybun]

Good mornin’ thanks for the coffee. Did a first tamalado yesterday and now have almost 200 tamales. I think I messed up the masa, it’s not quite right, but edible for a first try. My poor ducklings are needing to get out of their kennel, but it’s a bit cold out I’m worried that they’ll freeze themselves in the water. By the way, do any of y’all know a way to kind of numb up an area before a shot? My little, old, dog has/had what I believe was pancreatitis. He’s had it before and it was a weekend, so I gave him penicillin g because it’s what I have on hand. I tried an ice cube, and it was better, but is there something else that could have helped him not hurt so much?

 

[Mini Horses]

For your dog, orajel for surface desensitizing? If it's a SQ shot, I'd think not so painful. Not so much you can do about sting.

This morning sun was out, low 40s temps, a delight. I rushed to do chores as I had a 9am dental. On way, I get a call -- pipe burst in office and flooded out, cancel appointment. OK. Change plans!

 

[thistlebloom]

We slept in again, makes me grumpy lol. As if the days aren't short enough. Dh doesn't have any work until the second week of January and he doesn't sleep well anyway, usually drops off around 4 a.m., so I guess sleeping in on a winter day isn't too atrocious.

Nice farrier you have there @promiseacres ! Will the lessons be on your own horses or theirs?

@messybun , good job on the tamales (200!). We love homemade tamales, but they've always been provided by a couple of Hispanic friends.
I've never attempted it myself.

Not too much doing here today. I'm studiously avoiding getting all my work records out and figuring my income for our tax lady. Can you say procrastinator?
I will probably work on my little footstool project. Dh got all the knotty alder put on it yesterday, and I need to sand and stain the bun feet.

More snow tomorrow and for the rest of the week.

 

[messybun]

We slept in again, makes me grumpy lol. As if the days aren't short enough. Dh doesn't have any work until the second week of January and he doesn't sleep well anyway, usually drops off around 4 a.m., so I guess sleeping in on a winter day isn't too atrocious.

Nice farrier you have there @promiseacres ! Will the lessons be on your own horses or theirs?

@messybun , good job on the tamales (200!). We love homemade tamales, but they've always been provided by a couple of Hispanic friends.
I've never attempted it myself.

Not too much doing here today. I'm studiously avoiding getting all my work records out and figuring my income for our tax lady. Can you say procrastinator?
I will probably work on my little footstool project. Dh got all the knotty alder put on it yesterday, and I need to sand and stain the bun feet.

More snow tomorrow and for the rest of the week.

Where we used to live we had a tamale truck come every Monday, two streets over. But where I’m at currently is basically gringo central. You gotta do what you gotta do for tamales.